Class: Motion

A formal proposal put to a vote (passage, amendment, cloture…).

 classDiagram
    class Motion
    click Motion href "Motion.html"
      HasProvenance <|-- Motion
        click HasProvenance href "HasProvenance.html"
      
      Motion : bill
        
          
    
        
        
        Motion --> "0..1" Bill : bill
        click Bill href "Bill.html"
    

        
      Motion : classification
        
          
    
        
        
        Motion --> "0..1" MotionTypeEnum : classification
        click MotionTypeEnum href "MotionTypeEnum.html"
    

        
      Motion : date_submitted
        
      Motion : id
        
      Motion : legislative_session
        
      Motion : organization
        
          
    
        
        
        Motion --> "1" Organization : organization
        click Organization href "Organization.html"
    

        
      Motion : record_status
        
          
    
        
        
        Motion --> "0..1" RecordStatusEnum : record_status
        click RecordStatusEnum href "RecordStatusEnum.html"
    

        
      Motion : recorded_at
        
      Motion : recorded_by
        
      Motion : sources
        
          
    
        
        
        Motion --> "*" Source : sources
        click Source href "Source.html"
    

        
      Motion : text

Inheritance

Motion [ HasProvenance]

Class Properties

Property	Value
Class URI	opengov:Motion

Slots

Name	Cardinality and Range	Description	Inheritance
id	1 Uriorcurie	Stable Electepedia identifier, e.g. elp:person/jane-example. External identifiers (Bioguide, FEC, Wikidata…) go in `identifiers`.	direct
organization	1 Organization	The chamber or committee voting.	direct
legislative_session	0..1 String	e.g. “119th Congress” or “2025 Regular Session”.	direct
text	1 String	e.g. “On Passage of the Bill”.	direct
classification	0..1 MotionTypeEnum	What the motion proposes.	direct
bill	0..1 Bill	The bill the motion concerns, if any.	direct
date_submitted	0..1 Date	When the motion was made.	direct
sources	* Source	The source records this record was derived from.	HasProvenance
recorded_by	0..1 String	Contributor account or automated pipeline that created this record (e.g. “user:alice”, “pipeline:congress-votes@v1”).	HasProvenance
recorded_at	0..1 Datetime	When the record was created in Electepedia, not when the underlying event happened.	HasProvenance
record_status	0..1 RecordStatusEnum	Whether this record accurately reflects its sources (e.g. the person really said this, the vote really happened this way). This is NOT a judgement on whether a claim is true; that is what ClaimReview is for.	HasProvenance

Usages

used by	used in	type	used
Dataset	motions	range	Motion
VoteEvent	motion	range	Motion

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	opengov:Motion
native	electepedia:Motion

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Motion
description: A formal proposal put to a vote (passage, amendment, cloture...).
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
mixins:
- HasProvenance
slots:
- id
- organization
- legislative_session
slot_usage:
  organization:
    name: organization
    description: The chamber or committee voting.
    required: true
attributes:
  text:
    name: text
    description: e.g. "On Passage of the Bill".
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    slot_uri: schema:text
    domain_of:
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - Motion
    required: true
  classification:
    name: classification
    description: What the motion proposes.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    slot_uri: schema:additionalType
    domain_of:
    - Organization
    - Motion
    range: MotionTypeEnum
  bill:
    name: bill
    description: The bill the motion concerns, if any.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - Motion
    range: Bill
  date_submitted:
    name: date_submitted
    description: When the motion was made.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dcterms:dateSubmitted
    domain_of:
    - Motion
    range: date
class_uri: opengov:Motion

Induced

name: Motion
description: A formal proposal put to a vote (passage, amendment, cloture...).
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
mixins:
- HasProvenance
slot_usage:
  organization:
    name: organization
    description: The chamber or committee voting.
    required: true
attributes:
  text:
    name: text
    description: e.g. "On Passage of the Bill".
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    slot_uri: schema:text
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - Motion
    range: string
    required: true
  classification:
    name: classification
    description: What the motion proposes.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    slot_uri: schema:additionalType
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Organization
    - Motion
    range: MotionTypeEnum
  bill:
    name: bill
    description: The bill the motion concerns, if any.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Motion
    range: Bill
  date_submitted:
    name: date_submitted
    description: When the motion was made.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dcterms:dateSubmitted
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Motion
    range: date
  id:
    name: id
    description: Stable Electepedia identifier, e.g. elp:person/jane-example. External
      identifiers (Bioguide, FEC, Wikidata...) go in `identifiers`.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    identifier: true
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Post
    - Membership
    - Source
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - ClaimReview
    - Topic
    - Motion
    - VoteEvent
    - Vote
    - FinancialTransaction
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
  organization:
    name: organization
    description: The chamber or committee voting.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: org:organization
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Post
    - Membership
    - Motion
    range: Organization
    required: true
  legislative_session:
    name: legislative_session
    description: e.g. "119th Congress" or "2025 Regular Session".
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: opengov:legislativeSession
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Bill
    - Motion
    range: string
  sources:
    name: sources
    description: The source records this record was derived from.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    close_mappings:
    - dcterms:source
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: prov:wasDerivedFrom
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - Dataset
    - HasProvenance
    range: Source
    multivalued: true
  recorded_by:
    name: recorded_by
    description: Contributor account or automated pipeline that created this record
      (e.g. "user:alice", "pipeline:congress-votes@v1").
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: prov:wasAttributedTo
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: string
  recorded_at:
    name: recorded_at
    description: When the record was created in Electepedia, not when the underlying
      event happened.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: pav:createdOn
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: datetime
  record_status:
    name: record_status
    description: Whether this record accurately reflects its sources (e.g. the person
      really said this, the vote really happened this way). This is NOT a judgement
      on whether a claim is true; that is what ClaimReview is for.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    ifabsent: string(unverified)
    owner: Motion
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: RecordStatusEnum
class_uri: opengov:Motion